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Representatives of women's groups from throughout the district were recently invited to participate in a Womens Awareness workshop run by the Reproductive Health team. The workshop was held at VSHC on May 3rd. The aim of the workshop was to contribute to the empowerment of rural women and girls in regard to their own reproductive health. There were presentations on a range of problems that women face in their daily lives followed by group discussions on how they can make a difference for themselves and in their respective communities. The day started with registrations and questionnaires… Read more >>

Here is the link to hear the talk "Tryst with Divinity" given by Rajat and Swaran on Radio Sai about the wonderful work being done at VSHC. http://media.radiosai.org/sai_inspires/2013/SI_20130419.htm Read more >>

On April 9th, 2013 Professor Gyaneshwar spoke at the "Repositioning Family Planning" Conference held at Viseisei in the village hall. Other participants were United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reproductive health advisor Doctor Wame Baravilala, Colonial War Memorial Hospital head of gynaecology Doctor James Fong, and the officer-in-charge UNFPA Pacific Lorna Rolls.  The conference was well covered by Margaret Wise from the Fiji Times who wrote a range of articles covering different aspects of the conference.                                      … Read more >>

April Continuing Educator Seminars at VSHC. April 11th, Thursday - Presenter: Sr Anna Wiwiek. She will be presenting on how to use local crops to make a variety of foods: ie. Juice, jam sauce, healthy snacks. Also reusing and recycling plastics to make crafts. April 17th, Wednesday - Presenter: Sangeeta Devi.  She will be presenting on : Well Baby Clinic/ Breast feeding. Transitioning to healthy baby foods. April 18th, Thursday - Presenter: Jessica Pullar (Nutritionist). Calories hidden in Fijian/Indian Foods. Healthy food cooking demonstration.  April 25th, Thursday - Presenter: Miles… Read more >>

The Viseisei Sai Health Centre believes that through awareness and interventions, NCDs and​ their risk factors can be controlled. This can be accomplished through changing of diet, doing more physical exercises, quitting smoking and reducing the intake of alcohol and kava in the community. The health centre invited the Celebrity Chef Lance Seeto to come and share his expertise on healthy cooking tips with the community of Vuda. His healthy cooking session has been just one of the many awareness programs conducted by Viseisei Sai Health Centre as a part of the NCD project. The centre's main aim is to encourage people… Read more >>

​The NZ Sai Medical Team are visiting Fiji again this year to do free medical camps throughout Viti Levu. They will be running a camp at VSHC on May 10th, 2013. Read more >>

International Women's Day was celebrated at the Health Centre on March 8th, 2013. The theme for the day was "A Promise is a Promise – Time for Action to End Violence against Women". The Head of the EU Delegation for the Pacific, Ambassador Andrew Jacobs was the official guest and he used the occasion to officially launch the VSHC project entitled "The Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls in Reproductive Health". This project is an EU funded project that was conceived by the Medical Director of VSHC, Associate Professor Swaran… Read more >>

VSHC was donated a Grid Connect Solar System by the Rotary Club of Kerikeri Inc, New Zealand through Mr Mahmood Khan. Through its work, the health centre managed to attract the attention of the Kerikeri Rotarians, who helped the centre install a $38,000 solar panel system that will reduce its use of electricity from fuel-powered generators. The installation of the Solar System was provided free of charge by the Managing Director, Mr Bruce Clay of Clay Engineering Limited, Suva, Fiji.  Clay Engineering has also offered to service the unit without any charges when the need arises. The… Read more >>

Flood Relief

The Western Division of Fiji suffered severe flooding in December 2012. One of the zone areas of VSHC, the Lomolomo village was badly affected by the flood and almost all houses in that village were underwater. VSHC trustees and staff made donations of food packs and stationery to the 51 families in the Lomolomo village. The items were personally handed over by the staff of VSHC.

The Community Health Workers (CHWs) Program is in line with the Ministry of Health national work plan that is to be implemented at a national level. Viseisei Sai Health Centre is one of the first Public Health facilities to implement this project where 15 volunteers were chosen to be trained as health workers for their community. There were many who showed interest in the first few rounds of community meetings that were held 18 months ago. The training of the workers took place between September and November 2012. Viseisei Sai Health… Read more >>